It seems like almost every week we hear of another disaster- natural or otherwise- befalling some poor, far-away country. We are aware of it largely because we are inundated with media; it’s on every front page, every network, every website. However, once this disaster becomes “old news,” it quickly drops out of view, to be replaced with whatever new thing is happening; perhaps a celebrity scandal or a political skirmish. That’s just the way it is, and to bemoan that would be to beat a horse long since dead.

BARLOW JACOBS is an actor and writer. He has appeared in such films as Great World of Sound, Shotgun Stories, and That Evening Sun. He wrote, produced, and starred in Low and Behold, which was screened at the Sundance Film Festival.